[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) › [The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77) › 36.2 # The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī 36.2 Mahāsakuludāyisutta 36.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.36.2) Seyyathāpi, udāyi, pabbatasaṅkhepe udakarahado accho vippasanno anāvilo, tattha cakkhumā puriso tīre ṭhito passeyya sippisambukampi sakkharakaṭhalampi macchagumbampi carantampi tiṭṭhantampi. Tassa evamassa: ‘ayaṃ kho udakarahado accho vippasanno anāvilo, tatrime sippisambukāpi sakkharakaṭhalāpi macchagumbāpi carantipi tiṭṭhantipī’ti. > Suppose that in a mountain glen there was a lake that was transparent, clear, and unclouded. A person with clear eyes standing on the bank would see the clams and mussels, pebbles and gravel, and schools of fish swimming about or staying still. They’d think: ‘This lake is transparent, clear, and unclouded. And here are the clams and mussels, pebbles and gravel, and schools of fish swimming about or staying still.’ > — The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī - [Previous: 36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.36.1) - [Next: 36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.36.3) - [Up: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.36) ## Translations (5) - [Die längere Lehrrede mit Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~de-sabbamitta.36.2) — German - [The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~en-sujato.36.2) — English - [Il discorso più lungo con Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~it-giovannizappa.36.2) — Italian - [Большое наставление для Сакулудайина](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~ru-sv.36.2) — Russian - [Dugi govor Sakuludāyinu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~sr-brankokovacevic.36.2) — sr ## Linked texts (4) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.207.25) — Classical Chinese - [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.98.1) — Pāli - [Subhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.36.1) — Pāli - [Mahāassapurasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.39.21.7) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.36.2) · Pramāṇa